Météo-France

About the Organisation

Météo-France
is the French national meteorological and climate service. It provides
forecasts to the public and warnings about extreme weather which could
affect public safety and properties. Its research department, the Centre
National de Recherches Météorologiques (CNRM), is responsible for
conducting most of the meteorological research activities of the
service, as well as for coordinating research/development undertaken
within other MF departments. CNRM leads finalized research actions that
are actions that can be applied within a few years to operational
weather forecast or to climate projections. These research activities
encompass the atmosphere, extending to, and including, closely related
fields and boundaries, such as stratospheric ozone chemistry, upper
ocean, physics and dynamics of the snow cover, surface hydrology etc.
CNRM has 225 permanent staff among which there are one third researchers
(evaluated following a peer review procedure) and about 60 PhD students
and post-doc scientists.